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Newgrange Ireland's Newgrange, a megalithic cairn monument including a passage tomb, from the Neolithic Period, in the valley of the River Boyne near Drogheda.

prehistoric religion

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Karl J. Narr
Emeritus Professor of Prehistory and Protohistory, University of MĂŒnster, Germany.
Karl J. Narr
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prehistoric religion, the beliefs and practices of Stone Age peoples. The oldest known burials can be attributed to the Middle Paleolithic Period. The corpses, accompanied by stone tools and parts of animals, were laid in holes in the ground and sometimes the corpses were especially protected. In some cases, the findings give the impression that the dead were to be “held onto.” Whether or not that meant that the dead were to be cared for...

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